Its on my list of things to try but I fear it wants full sun which is something I do not have.

I need to google it -- unfortunately the name makes it sound like a skin disease. :)

Yea, I googled it and there's a lot of back and forth about scent vs no scent and full blooming vs occasional blooms and one person said it really suckered, which doesn't exactly thrill me. Still, it's pretty (if it does what they say), a fragrant bloomer and I like the lilac-y blooms. JCR even calls it a false lilac.

Here is a link that might be useful: false lilac

I've been curious about that one but haven't seen it for sale around here. If it suckers that much we could elect someone at the swap this weekend to try it, and then dig us all starts next year if it turns out it's a keeper.

The only thing that puts me off is the number of people talking about how small it is. It's even recommended as a ground cover - not my idea of a bush. I'm still interested in anything fragrant with a long bloom time.

...but I saw a few say it got much taller. That's what's so confusing about this plant. I wonder if it's two different plants? Maybe a species type that gets much taller, fewer flowers, etc. and an improved dwarf version.

I've been growing two in pots for a couple of years now. They do have a pleasant scent but nothing that you would smell from a distance. The flowers are not particularly big or showy or prolific but it blooms off and on all summmer. Hummingbirds really like them. Mine are growing upright, about two feet tall. I've seen them grown by someone that sheared them back every spring and hers were more like a ground cover. They do sucker, one three inch pot had filled out a 12" pot in one year. All that being said I like them very much. Its one of those unusual plants that people always ask "oh, what is that?". Oh yeah, I got them at BB's. Adele

Have had one for several years and it is more of a small shrub than a ground cover. Haven't ever noticed much of a scent on it either but I tend to ignore it. To me it is one of those overhyped plants. There are plenty of other plants that are more showy and smell good in my estimation.

I picked up a plant at BB's after reading rave reviews. It's all right, but nothing I can't live without. I suspect maybe it performs better, or at least blooms for a longer period, in areas with cooler and/or shorter summers.

Adele (wonder saleswoman) talked me into one today at BB. I await its first bloom.

If yer gonna be in my garden - you gotta stink!!